CAFG newsletter 162 - Cambridge Archaeology Field Group

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There was access over the Chapter House to the church, where there is a trefoil doorway not found elsewhere, and large windows to the Chapter house enabled lay brothers and servants to listen to proceedings. Over the cloisters was a possible first floor chapel and also a possible cistern. The lavatorium was set into the wall of the west range, under a roof. Inside that range was a vaulted cellar (store) and public parlour on the ground floor, with upstairs likely to be lay brothers’ accommodation: extant doorways provided access to lost buildings and stairs still exist. The abbot’s quarters were also upstair,s with the only access to the cellar being through them. There may have been a private chapel over the south aisle of the church, with a door from the abbot’s chamber. The North gate looked out onto the site of the market and the village grew up outside the Abbey, in tenements built by the Abbey. 400 items were found detecting in the market area. The Abbey had its own staithe and barns, fishponds and gardens and also owned various properties in Norfolk. By 1482 the number of canons was reduced to 17, several of whom had duties as priests of parishes. At Ranworth Church there is an Antiphon which is likely to have been illustrated at Langley but Paul ended by quoting references to the behavior of the canons, which indicate that Langley was the most appallingly behaved of all Premonstratensian houses. He commended a visit to this fascinating building, about which it had been possible to discover so much. COMMITTEE MEETINGS Committee meetings were held on the 12 th January and 9 th February. That on the 12 th January was specifically on the new website. Besides agreeing amendments to the draft pages, we agreed that: � Any member of the committee may add/edit pages; other members of the Group may be authorised as necessary � New/revised items must be approved by the controlling editor/s, Colin Coates and Robert Skeen before going live � All members of the Group may add blogs: log-in names and passwords will be required � All members should check blogs regularly � A members’ picture gallery will be available for any member to upload photographs On the 9 th February we agreed further amendments to the information on the website and that, when these had been incorporated, the new site should go live. The treasurer then reported that the financial position was similar to that at the same time a year before, and the committee will therefore be recommending to the AGM that subscription levels remain the same. Graham Vincent and Emma Smith both decided that they had to stand down from the committee and were thanked for their contributions. Robert Skeen and Peter Cornelissen expressed their willingness to serve. These offers were gratefully received but it was also suggested that there ought to be more female committee members. Alison Taylor, former County Archaeologist, had agreed to give a lecture in memory of John Alexander. The format was discussed and the aim is to hold one event on a Saturday afternoon during the period February – May 2012, with three speakers, including Alison, to be held in a larger venue than for our normal lectures. Speakers will be invited to talk either on John’s work or on their own as it reflects John’s interests. Wide publicity will be needed. The deadline for applications for the bursary competition is 30 th March this year so no applications have yet been received, although interest has been expressed. Laura Boxell, one of the 2010 winners, had reported on how she had used the bursary, and it was agreed to add this to the website. 6
Fieldwalking had continued at Comberton and Toft, with one Sunday at Burwell Fen. The field officer was aiming to find further fen edge fieldwalking to contrast with the claylands, but in the meantime access to fields on the southern side of Comberton was being sought. Much of the processing of the Wimpole excavation finds and data had now been completed, but volunteers were sought for counting and listing the bone. The first stage of the project to publish a synthesis of fieldwork finds was now coming to an end, with all the information from 46 sites walked since 1990 gathered in the same digitised format, apart from some anomalies and gaps to be resolved. The files would be deposited with the HER. It was decided to affiliate to the Cambridgeshire Association for Local History at an annual cost of £10, since this would be another means of publicising the Group. We also accepted an invitation to a planning meeting on the BBC’s Hands on History project CAMBRIDGE ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY CAS lecture meetings are on Mondays at 6.00pm at the Law Faculty, West Road, Cambridge, which members of the Group are welcome to attend. The programme continues with: 7 March AGM at 5.45pm, followed at 6pm by Belinda Crerar on The decapitated dead of Roman London and Cambridgeshire: a rural/urban divide? 4 April Dr Andrew Reid on Cattle droving and Cambridgeshire 9 May Mark Hinman on New Landscapes of the Cambridgeshire claylands 6 June Prof Martin Millett on Rural Society in Roman Yorkshire – recent research Spring conference: Saturday, 19 th March 2011 From Camulodunum to Durobrivae, aspects of Roman Life in the Eastern Region, to be held in the Law Faculty, West Road, Cambridge. Details are enclosed or emailed separately. In addition, up to 20 delegates may join the speakers and others for lunch at Newnham College. Requests to book a place should be sent to the Conference Registrar, John Stanford 0776 4606682 and places will be offered on a 'first come first served' basis. The hot buffet lunch costs £18.50. CONFERENCES/COURSES Courses at Madingley Hall: 3 April Pastures, greens and commons 10 April Moot and hundred meeting places 16/17 April and 14/15 May Introduction to archaeological field survey 20-22 May Religion and beliefs in the archaeological landscape 19 June The legacy of Occupation: bunkers, ghosts and swastikas in the Channel Islands 1-3 July Celebrations of death: an archaeology and anthropology of death 12-14 August Tracing prehistoric ancestry using DNA 12-14 August Artists of the Ice Age 7-9 September Meet the Spartans Monday, 7 March CBA Winter General Meeting: Archaeology, Community, Stewardship. 10.30am – 5pm, British Academy, London 19 March Mummies of Ancient Egypt study day. University of London 29 April Oral personal histories on the themes of Ethology and Primatology , Babbage Lecture Theatre, Downing Street, Cambridge. Free but booking required. 2 – 6 May Archaeology survey week. Oxford University DCE 21 May Designing with water: new work in garden history. McDonald Institute, to be held in the Cambridge University Law Faculty. £39 (lunch is not included) 7
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